Origin of Spherule Samples Recovered from Antarctic Ice Sheet—Terrestrial or Extraterrestrial?

Thirty-eight spherules from the Antarctic ice sheet were analyzed using neutron activation analysis under two different conditions to investigate their origin. In almost all of these spherules, the contents of iron, cobalt, and manganese were determined to be 31% to 88%, 17 mg/kg to 810 mg/kg, and 0...

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Main Authors: Shun Sekimoto, Takayuki Kobayashi, Koichi Takamiya, Mitsuru Ebihara, Seiichi Shibata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573316000644